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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31
SHOPPING IN VENICE.

The shops are very attractive. They
contain innumerable artistic treasures of
great value, and many little things that
do not cost much and yet are full of mer-
it. Mosaic brooches, scarf-pins, big pins
to transfix lady's hat and keep it tight
down upon the abundant tresses it I'M
fortunately covers and conceals, pretty
things in corals, beads of every descrip-
ton, necklaces for all the children we
ever knew, SO cheap, and all from Venicet
What an inexpensive store of popular
ity the returning traveller may provide
from the shops in the Plazzal These
pretty little nothings will earn forgive.
ness if he has stayed from home beyond
the allotted time. Then there are the
photographs-large photographs, colored
photographs, worthy of being framed,
they will recall the journey, the beauties
seen, the pleasures enjoyed. All these
things tempt the traveller to loiter in the
Piazza. But he has hardly had time to
look through the shop window when the
ance, and, after courtly bow, opens fire
upon the luckless foreigner in German,
in English, in French, or Italian, to solicit
the honor of visit. He informs you that
there are extensive stores upstairs where
much more beautiful things are to be seen.
You think Of the beautiful price likely
to be charged, and that if once you accept
these overtures you are morally pledged
to buy something. AS, however, you have
not at all made up your mind what, if
anything, you are going buy, prudence
dictates the expediency of immediate re-
treat. Shopmen, 1 presume, know their
business best, and characters differ. But,
for my part, / feel convinced that had I
only been let alone to look at my leisure
into the shop windows, should have
spent much more Asst is, 1 was con-
stantly driven away by the over-eager-
ness of the shopman. 1t was in nowise
necessary for them to tell me was at
liberty to enter their shops. 1 have
never known a shopman yet who did not
welcome the visit Of customer; but /
have known many persons who liked to
look without having to sustain a running
fire of observations from gushing sales
man. Nevertheless, in time these impor-
tunities lose their deterrent effect, and
soon the travellers trunk is dangerously
filled with dainties in Salviati glass, in
quaint mosaics, in beads, in coral, painted
and plain photographs, model gondolas,
all things highly impractical and of nc
material use whatsoever, but that impart
hghtness, poetry and charm to the home,
and render the name of Venice treasur
ed memory, something synonymous with
thing of besuty.-Veniee Letter in
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31
HOW DICKENS TRANSPORTED
COMMON THINGS.

Dickens must not only have had excep-
tional powers of observation and imsgin-
alton, but extraordinary intensity of SYM
pathy with ordinary feelings and beliefs.
His genius in Characterization tends to
the groteeque and extravagant; his per-
sonages, in their names as in their quail
ties, produce on us the effect of strange
ness, the plots of the novels in which they
appear would with any other characters
seem grossly improbable, aud yet his
mind is Enthusiastically rooted in common
sense and common humanity. He thus
succeeds In giving his readers all the
pleasure which comes from contemplat-
ing what is strange, odd, and eccentric
without disquieting them by any para
doxes in morals or shocking them by any
perversions OF homely natural sentiment.
The christmas Carol" for example, is
as wild in grotesque fancy as dream of
Hoffman,, yet in feeling as solid and
sweet and humane as a sermon of Chan
ming. 1t impresses us somewhat as we
are impressed by the sight of the Bible
as illustrated by Gustave Dore. Thus
held fast to common, homely truths and
feelings by his sentiments, he can safely
give reins TO his Imagination in his Gre
ations. The keenest of observers, both
of things and persons, all that he obser-
YES is still taken up and transformed by
his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dickensized,
in fact-so that, whether he describes a
landscape or oot-jack, or building,
or a man, we see the object, not as it is
in itself, but as it is deliciously bewitch-
ed by his method of looking at it. Every
thing is suggested by his outward but
modified by his inward experience.
The result Ii that we do not have in
him an exact transcript Of life, but an
individualized ideal of life from his point
of WE'VE. P. Whipple, IN Scribner's
Magazine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31

Major Adolphus Smith had been
married to his wife fifteen years.
In the days of the honeymoon an in
situation that his wife was not posted
on every subject requiring woman's
knowledge would have been resented
by him as calumny. Even an intima-
ton of lack of personal charms in Mrs.
Smith would at that time have met his
severest disapproval. She was to him,
in the days of their early married life, a
paragon of perfection. After fifteen
years she had diminished in his sight.
Perhaps she was in a degree answer
able for this state of affairs herself.
Some would contend in the impossible
ity of it's existence and the fault only
on one side. Be that as it may, the
fact is merely mentioned of its being
so.
Their youngest child being fretful
and seemingly indisposed, Major Adolf
plus Smith reluctantly departs to his
office. In his self-sufficient way he
said:
II am compelled to attend to bust
ness myself, therefore you had better
call on Mrs. Hunt to advise you with
the baby. You know you are never
equal to emergencies"
Why, there was once time when
Major Smith considered his wife equal
to all that was goodl
Major Smiths coachman was driving
that gentleman in the carriage home
from his office. He directs his masters
attention to limp in the horses gait.
"Faith, SIR" continued William, II
tould the Teddy an thought the horse
was lame -"
"Oh," interrupted Major Smith, lit
is not at all worth while to speak to
Mrs. Smith about such matters. Her
brain is by no means fertile in re-
sources"
But there was a time when Major
Smith considered Mrs. Smiths brain
rich in resources. Pity that time is
past!
Major Smith invites friend home
with him to dine. The guest is also an &C
quaintance of Mrs. Smiths early years.
The hospitable board and familiar faces
naturally remind the guest Of the con-
vivial entertainments enjoyed by him
in Mrs. Smiths company in past times.
"Ah," suggested the irrepressible
Major, "Mrs. Smith is by no means the
housekeeper her mother was. She is
ignorant of the art her mother under
stood 50 we'll of putting things at their
best"
But there was a time when Major
Smith entertained different opinion
of his wife's ability!
Major Smith, a few blocks from home
on his way to his Office the morning be
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31
AN EPISODE IN THE GREAT SMO
KY MOUNTAINS.

It had been a hard winter along the
slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains,
and still the towering treeless domes were
covered with snow, and the vagrant winds
were abroad, rioting among the clifty
heights where they held their tryst, or
raiding down into the sheltered depths of
the Cove, whittier they seldom intruded.
Nevertheless, on this turbulent rush was
borne in the fair spring of the year. The
fragrance of the budding wild cherry was
to be discerned amidst the keen slanting
javelips of the rain. A cognition of the
renewal and the expanding of the forces
of nature pervaded the senses as distinctly
as it one might hear the grass growing,
or feel along the chill currents of the air
the vernal pulses thrill. Night after
night in the riffs of the breaking clouds
close to the horizon was glimpsed the
stately sidereal Virgo, prefguring and
promising the harvest, holding in her
hand cleaning ear of corn. But it was
not the constellation which the tumultu-
GUS torrent at lhe mountains base re-
fiected in starry glitter. From the hill
side above light cast it's broken image
amongst the ripples, as it shone for an
instant through the bosky laurel, white,
stellular, splendii-only a tallow dip
suddenly placed in the window OF log
cabin, and as suddenly withdrawn.
-. 4 4
remonstrance: "What ye dom that fur,
Steve? Hev that thar candle got emmy
call ter bide in that thar winder ?"
The interior, contrary to the customary
aspect of the humble homes of the Sec
ton, was in great dissrray. Cooking
utensils stood uncleaned about the
hearth; dishes and bowls of esrthen- ware
were assembled upon the table in such
numbers as to suggest that several meals
had been eaten without the ceremony Of
laying the cloth anew, and in default of
washing the crockery it had been re-en.
forced from the shelf so far as the limit
ed store might admit. Saddles and spin
ning-wheels, an ox-yoke and trace-chains,
reels and wash-tubs, anonymously push
ed together in the corners. Only one Of
the three men in the room made any ef-
fort to reduce the confusion to order.
This was the square-faced, black bearded
thick-set young fellow who took the can
die from the window, and now advanced
with it toward the hearth, holding it at an
angle that caused the fame to quickly
melt the tallow, which driOped Rener-
ously upon the floor.
"I hev seen Eveliny do it," he said ex-
citedly, iustifying himself. al noticed
her sot the candle in the winder jes las
night srter supper" He glanced about
uncertainty, and his patience seemed to
give way suddenly. dad burn the old
csndlel dun know whsr ter set it," he
cried, desperately, as he flung it from
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31
ITALIAN LOVE-CHARMS.

There are some pretty love charms in
Capri. To win a girls heart the lover
must steal hair from her head and tie
it to one OF his own. So long as the
knot holds firm his love is returned. This
resembles the charm used on the sacred
hill of Monte Vergine, near Naples.
There betrothed pilgrims fasten broom
twigs together with a strip of rag, and
until the twigs part their love endures,
Rags hutter on every bush along the
path to the great sanctuary, and married
couples often return there to examine
their united twigs. Unmatched pairs
probably scorn to renew the pilgrimage.
Love sick maids and men mix drop of
their blood in little wine and persuade
the object of their affections to drink it,.
This is an infsllible love philtre. A man
may also win a girls heart by pricking
her name upon a fig-lesf and letting the
wind blow it away.-English Illustrated
Magazine.
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fore New Years accidentally observes
dense smoke coming from the direction
of his abode. In state Of alarm he
directs William to turn the horses
heads toward home, and drive fast as
possible. For said he in faltering ac-
cents:
81 fear our house is on fire, and Mrs.
Smith was never known to exhibit
any presence of mind in time of dis
aster."
They ratified on their return through
the street as fast as William could in
duce the horses to go. When Major
Smith can sufficiently collect himself to
venture remark he adds:
Surprising that we haven't been
burned out long before this. My wife
is one of the most careless women in
the world"
OF surety he finds things bad as an
ticipated. He had laid lighted cigar
on the table among papers couple of
hours before leaving home. The papers
ignited aud scattered to neighboring
lounge, and in course of time the
flames were ascending from the lounge
up through the roof.
Mrs Smith calmly directed Bridget
to go up to the roof and ply the hose
vigorously, while she endeavored to
smother the flames from the lounge.
Major Adolphus Smith, in state
of excitement bordering on frenzy,
rushed into the apartment about this
time, and threw doors and windows
wide open The motion of the air re-
newed the flames which had been
nearly extinguished. Mrs. Smith, clos
ing all apertures again, essayed once
more to smother the fire.
Mrs. Smiths hands and face were
blistered in her efforts. William, the
coachman, seeing her dilemma, came to
her assistance. BY strategic move
ment he got Major Smith outside the
smoking apartment to the hall, and
prevented his return by locking the
door. Before the arrival of the fire.
engine and just as the fre-bells began
to peal forth their dolorous sounds, the
confagration that promised so much
was at an end.
Major Adolphus Smith labored under
the impression that he extinguished it.
Bridget and William over their tur-
key dinner in the kitchen, discussed
the fire.
"Sure, said Bridget" an the master
must be surprised to see the leddy's
hands all burnt when he is afther think
ing he put out the fire himself %
Faith, yes, an Major Smith must be
of opinion that the mistress and Santa
Klaus were afther taking their smoke
together For sure, an it's agreed
that the fire originated from lighted
cigar left on the table. Indade, an Mrs.
Smith should, undesave him about put
ting out the fire ~
eff she was man she would, but in
dade an that is the difference betwane
men and women An did ye niver
hear the good praste read from the
book, about Adam and Eve in the gar
den ? How Adam blamed the ills on
the woman, and Pm sure he took credit
for all the good himself, though an 1
quite forget whether the praste read
about that or not.'
Silver Cliff, Col.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31
The Aone Circle.
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.
BY FATHER RYAN.
How swift they CO.
Lifes many years,
With tneir winds of woe
And their storms ofltears,
And their darkest of nights whose shadowy
slopes
Are lit with the flashes of starriest hopes,
And their sunshiny days on whose calm heav-
The clouds of the tempest-the shadows of
gloom
And ah we pray
With a grief so drear,
That the years may stay
When their graves are near;
Tho the brows of to-morrows be radiant and
bright,
With love and with beauty, with life and with
light,
The dead hearts of yesterdays, cold on the
bier.
To the hearts that survive them, are evermore
dear.
For the heart so true
To each Old Year cleaVes;
Tho the hand of the New
Flowery garlauds weaves,
But the flowers of the future, tho fragrant
and fair,
With the past withered leaflets may never
compare;
For dear is each dead leaf-and dearer each
thorn
In the wreaths which the brows of our past
: box
Yea! men will cling
With love to the last,
And wildly fling
Their arms round their pastI
AS the vine that clings to the oak that rails,
As the ivy twiues round the crumpled walls;
For the dust of the past some hearts higher
prize,
Than the stars that flash out from the future 8
briRhtskies.
And why not SOP
The old, old years,
They knew and they know
All our hopes and tears;
We walked by their side, and we told them
each grief,
And they kissed off our tears while they whls'
pered relief;
And the stories of hearts that may not be re-
vealed
In the hearts of the dead years are buried and
sealed.
Let the New Year sing
At the Old Years grave;
will the New Year bring
What the Old Year gaveP
ALL the Stranger Year trips over the SHOWS,
And his brow is wreathed with many rose;
But how many thorns do the roses conceal
Which the roses, when withered, shall so soon
reveal?
Let the New Year smile
While the Old Year dies;
In how short while
Shall the smiles be signs?
YEA Stranger Year, thou hast many charm,
And thy face is fair and thy greeting warm,
But, dearer than thou in his shroud of SHOWS
Is the furrowed face of the Year that goes.
Veal bright New Year,
Der all the earth,
With song and cheer,
They will hail thy birth;
They will rust thy words in a single hour,
They will love thy face they will laud thy
power,
For the New has charms which the Old has not,
And the Strangers face makes the Friends
forgot.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-31

LYNa.-Dean Swift said: CAS- universal
practice as lying is, and as easy a one as it
seems, l do not remember to have heard
three good lies in all my conversation, even
from those who were most celebrated in that
faculty."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
j. G. a, &, I. S,

fheprlncipal place of business of the ,Jerauld
Sonny Agricultural &c Industrial Society, is
3e>Sil'gton Springs. :.
IN. i.oomiS... President, |
Ii. A. Miller ..........S Secretary, |
L. G.. Wilson Treasurer |
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
RUSSIAN SUN FLOWER.

We have had no experience in grow
ing the Russian sunhower exceyt in a
small way. 1t seems to grow as we'll,
and to perfect it's seeds quite as well,
as on it's native steppes in Russia, where
it is extensively grown for fuel, stock
and OIL. We have ridden for days
over the steppes of Central Russia
where we never were out OF sight OF a
field of sunAowers. IN the neighbor-
hoods where it is most extensively
grown are located oil mills, the pro-
ducts OF which, when they reach us are
labeled pure "olive OIL" 1t the stoves
are properly made the hard, woody
stems make a hot ana desirable fire. In
sections where coal or wood must be
hauled long distances fires can be kept
up with suntlower stalks at about the
expense of hauling the more expensive
fuel. AS to the value of the seeds for
stock feeding we only know that horses
soon learn to eat it greedily, and it is
claimed that 1t gives a glosslness OF
hair, and a capacity to endure long and
hard drives not equaled by other grains
We may add that the seeds are eaten.
universally by the Russian peasants.
and the habit is extending to all classes,
as it is claimed that they add to the
health and capacity of endurance OF
man as well as beast. In a small way
the merits claimed in Eastern Europe
for the humble sunhoWer can be cheap
ly tested on the great Northwestern
prairies.-PRoF. J. L. BUDD, in Iowa
State Register,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
A HEALTHFUL CLIMATE.

Canton Advocate: 1t is getting to be
an iron-bound fact that Dakota pos
sesses about the finest climate = that
is, the most healthful = Of any state in
the Union. This truth will stand any
amount Of hammering before 1t can be
shaken. The first settlers in Illinois
became sallow shakers of malaria, and
counted outline as the most essential
article OF consumption. There Is no
"fever mayer in Dakota, and the doc
tors and undertakers all have to take
claims, go to legislature or run some
side-show to subsist. II figures were
strictly veracious they would prove
that Dakota is the healthiest region OF
which there are statistics but, in
fact. deaths here are confined to the ex-
tremes of life, those who brought the
fatal disease with them or those Who
disregard the common laws OF nature.
If YOU will notice, the air is always
dry, and free from that prevalent
dampness which causes fever and ague.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27

ing from this disease. A number of
others have been quarantined IN that,
county. This territorial official is fair
ly flooded with reports of this equine
scourage, and they come from almost
every quarter of the territory. All these
calls will be attended to as rapidly as
circumstances will admit. DR.. All9-
way desires all those knowing or hear
ing any cases Of CHAMBERS to report the
same to him at Grand Forks.-North
Dakota Farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
EDITORIAL.
A SHORTCUT BETWEEN THE
ATLANTIC AND PACIFlC.

line plan, as our readers are aware,
is to build, across the Isthmus of Te-
huantepec, a railway so constructed
and equipped as to carry ocean vessels
and their cargoes. 1t is proposed to lay
down several tracks, to provide a float
ing dock and pneumatic apparatus by
which ship can be raised bodily from
thewater, and a cradle on which it may
be deposited on railway trucks and
pulled by locomotives from ocean to
ocean. Ii the idea can pc carried out,
it would be the greatest triumph of the
age. Such railway can be constructed
at far lower cost than canal by the
cheapest route. The ocean voyage
would be greatly shortened, and much
time would be saved by rapid transit
as compared with the slow progress
through a canal. Whether or not it is
practicable, nothing short of the actual
experiment can determine. Competent
engineers are ready to affirm that no
sea-going vessel, which is constructed
with especial reference to Withstand
the strain and shock Of pressure from
the water without, can be thus raised
and carried, with the consequent strain
from the cargoe within, unbalanced by
any external pressure, without under
going fatal damage. Other competent
engineers are just as ready to assert that
the thing can be done, and that numer-
Gus experiments In dockyards and else
where can be brought to prove 1t.
Undoubtedly the world would like to
see the plan tested, and nothing stands
in the way if capital is ready to make
the trial. just now, when times have
improved and the speculative spirit is
stronger than it has been for some time
it is not improbable that the necessary
stock subscriptions may be obtained.
The most skeptical would be rejoiced
it it should result in the realization by
an American of an engineering tri-
umph such as the world never saw be-
fore.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
CHAMBERS IN DAKOTA.

DR.. Alloway, territorial veterinary
surgeon, has been constantly at work
since the first Of April. Chambers has
occupied his attention the greater por-
ton Of the time. A number cases were
found and condemned in Grant county,
five in Big stone city alone. More re-
Gently Burletgh county has been visit
ad nv DR., Alloway, and the capital city
was relieved Of twelve animals suffer
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
Railroad Time Tables.

G.. NJ. s. st, Z,
AT ilpena-Passenger South at 1916 d III.
Passenger North at G:10 p M
Freight North at II :25 u m.
Freight South at 10 p N.
nnsoclet-Passenger North at $50 p III.
Passenger South at 10 30 am.
Passenger East at 1880. n III.
Freight North at iO:4oan.
Freight South at 5 80 p N.
Freight East at 500 2 IN.
southern Minnesota Passenger arrives at 5:25
M Freight arrives at 100 p M.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
MAIL and STAGE LINES.

Woonsocket and Washington Springs.
Leaves Woonsocket, Daily, at 500 A NJ
Arrives at Washington Springs. % II 30 NJ
Leaves Washington Springs 6. q 200 NJ
F., Arrives at WOOnSOckCt :. r, $50 Z M
Waterbury and Washington S rings.
Leaves Waterbury, Daily at 100 A NJ
Arrives at Washington Springs :. a 1900 N
Leave; Washington Springs g .. 100 7 N
.lirl, cs at Waterbury :. .. 600 L NJ
Washington Springs =nd White Lake,
Leaves Washington sprs, Nj. w. L. at $3.50 NJ
Arrives at White Lake ...u :. 3. 300 L NJ
Leaves White Lake TT. S. 8, $50 A NJ
. Arrives at Washington Sp's.. Z. q. q 500 I NJ
7lankinton and Washington Springs.
Leaves Plankinton Teu's. Il Fri's. at 500 A NJ
Arriyesa al washington sp,S. I. =: 100 N N
Arrives at PlankintOn &, 8; 8, 100 L M
Washington Strings and Miller,
leaves Washington Sp's. Mon. Fri. at 700 4 N
Arrives at Miller ~, q 8. 500 + NJ
Leaves Miller Tllo.,Sat. ), 700 A NJ
Arrives at Washington op's.. :: {. 500 L M
Alpena and Washington Springs,
Leaves Apena Saturdays at 9:0OA NJ
A;rrlvesat washington Sp's. 9. 20 1900 NJ
Leaves Washington Springs g {. 100 l. NJ
Arrives at Allena 8. .. 400 + Nj
p. r. BARRETT z. NJ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
M. E Church.

Services are held each Sabbath as follows:
Preaching at 1880 O'Clock a. N. and at 900
clock p m. Sunday School at u O'Clock IN.
Eev VIM Pagenllart. ............... Pastor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
6. A. r,
A. f. & A. M.
FRONTIER LODGE, No. 81.

Stated Communications Friday evenings on
.Egiore the full moon. Visiting brethren fra
ra,ly invited to be present.
G. w. MCDONALD, W.. NJ.
WEN q. WILLIAMS, Secretary.